Building made from recycled shipping containers.

Sunderland Co-op Centre - recycled shipping containers.

The centre is constructed from 40 reconditioned shipping containers fabricated into rooms of various sizes. It provides new offices and training rooms for SES (Sustainable Enterprise Strategies), and a number of well known co-operative businesses and nearly 1,000 square metres of managed workspace for local enterprises. It is in the Hendon district of Sunderland.

The building incorporates a range of environmentally sensitive features including roof gardens, permeable hard landscaping (to reduce rainwater surges in drains) and heat exchange pumps.

It was about 25 degrees C in the shade today. I don't know how hot it was in the building.